Grant Recipients from November 23, 2009

Grants Approved at the November 23, 2009 Board Meeting
Total amount awarded: $841,811

Cancer Wellness Center -- $25,000
To provide mental health services for survivors of cancer and their families in Waukegan, Zion and the Chain O’Lakes region

Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago -- $25,000
For HIV/AIDS Medical Case Management Services at the Lake County
Health Department

Community Youth Network -- $25,000
For the Living in Families Effectively (LIFE) Program

Family Service -- $54,000
To support the salary of a Registered Nurse/Health Educator for the Access to Care Program in Round Lake senior housing facilities

HealthReach, Inc. -- $100,000
For the Medical Program

Kids Hope United – Northern Region -- $16,000
To help pay for a part-time Registered Nurse to provide health services in three Kids Hope United Programs: CARE Residential Treatment Program; Busy Bee and Pickus Child Development Centers; and Youth Services, Counseling and Prevention programs

Lake County Community Foundation -- $30,000
For consulting and expertise related to (1) a county-wide nonprofit mapping project and (2) the development of a Lake County Access Program

Lake County Health Department and Community Health Centers -- $98,611
For the Asthma Intervention Project

Lake County Health Department and Community Health Centers -- $100,000
For the Specialty Care and Diagnostic Testing Program

Lake Forest Hospital -- $75,000
For expanded cardiovascular services provided on the CareCoach

PADS Crisis Services -- $50,000
To help fund the salary of a full-time Medical Case Manager/Social Worker for the Safe Haven Program

United Way of Lake County -- $34,400
For nursing services provided through the Success by Six Home
Visiting Program

Veterans Assistance Commission of Lake County -- $50,000
For the Dental Care Program for Indigent Veterans and their Dependents

Women’s Health Foundation -- $33,800
For Women’s Pelvic Health and Wellness: Talking the Taboo, Reaching the Underserved Program in Northern Lake County

YouthBuild Lake County -- $35,000
For the Wellness Program

YWCA Lake County -- $50,000
For the Women and Girls Health Program

Zacharias Sexual Abuse Center -- $40,000
For the Child, Adult and Family Counseling Program’s contract
Bilingual Therapist

For further information, please contact:

Ernest Vasseur
Executive Director
Healthcare Foundation of Northern Lake County
114 South Genesee Street, Suite 505
Waukegan, IL  60085
(847) 377-0525